The "casual" acceptance of knives led to the death of 16-year-old Hani Hicham Abou El Kheir, a Metropolitan Police officer said after five men were sentenced to life in prison.

After sentencing, Detective Chief Inspector Neil Attewell said:

Hani had been out with friends when he was chased and set upon en masse.

The frenzied attack through the streets of Pimlico left at least two of the gang members with injuries, which gives a clear indication of the ferocity at which they attacked Hani. Sadly Hani stood very little chance of being able to escape.

CCTV footage has been released of the moments after a teenager was stabbed to death in Pimlico in a frenzied attack. Five men were sentenced to life in prison today over the murder of Hani Hicham Abou El Kheir.

The jury heard how the gang carried an array of weapons and with their faces covered had caught up with the trio and began to give chase pursuing them through an alleyway.

The gang finally caught up with Hani in Lupus Street and he was repeatedly stabbed in a frenzied ambush. The attackers are then seen scattering off in a number of directions.

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Four of men convicted of the murder of Hani Hicham Abou El Kheir have been given a minimum life sentence of 26 years. A fifth man was given 27 years after the teenager was stabbed to death in Pimlico last January.